Monday, January 19, 2009

How to build a responsive list fast

By JJ Manning and Jason Brown

If you have been online for any amount of time you would have heard the saying the money is in the list. This list is a list of people who have either bought from you, read your newsletter or have signed up for something you have given away that has interested them. There are four keys steps on how to build a list and a relationship with them so that you can make big bucks online.

1 " Opt-in form " An opt-in form is somewhere that a visitor to your website can enter their name and email address usually in exchange for something. You need to place some html code on your website for this to happen and can get this code from an auto responder service. This may sound technical but there are a few services available and you dont have to have technical knowledge to install it.

2 " Traffic - Now you have your form up and running on your website you need to drive traffic to it. There are several ways to do this including pay per click, blog and forum posting, video marketing and of course article marketing. There are lots more but these will do to start.

3 " Incentive - When prospect arrive at your website you will need to give them an incentive to enter their details. This is usually a free report of some kind that is relevant to your particular niche.

4 " Build a relationship " For your list to be responsive you need to gain their trust and admiration. Always be yourself as this will attract many more followers because if you try to deceive you will be caught out. Videos and regular blogging will show your true self and is a great way for you to gain trust with your list.

These are the basics to create yourself a list of people who are interested in you. Now there are two really big important factors you will need to learn. Driving traffic is the first and how to build a relationship with your list is the second if you want this to be successful.

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